Bushland beach

Facilities – Grassed area to pump up kites, public toilets, bar and restaurant, fast food shop and mini-mart.

Located – 20 min drive north of Townsville

Conditions:

Bushland beach is a freestyle/wakestyle paradise when the conditions are right. On a 1.5m tide massive flatwater lagoons around 50cm deep form, sheltered from the open ocean by large sandbars. You can power out between the gaps in the sandbars straight into waist high wave kickers, which makes for awesome wake tricks, such as 3’s 5’s, etc.

Things to be aware of:

– On low tides, basically anything less than 1m, it is a long walk out to the water! If you are out there on a low tide, avoid the right hand side of the beach close to the open ocean as there razor clams hidden in the mud banks. Make sure you have Betadine in your medical kit as if you tread on one you will need to dress the cut immediately when you get back in to stop a bacterial infection from forming.

– Especially when there is a large tidal cycle on, the tide comes in/goes out incredibly fast. Make sure you don’t leave your pump, etc lying on the sand unless you know how the tide works there.

– Locals tend to fish up the northern (left) end of the beach, this is usually well away from the best areas to kite, so if they are there please stay out of their way.

– The far southern (right) end of the beach is where the Bohle river empties into the Coral Sea. Do not kite anywhere near the mouth of the Bohle due to the presence of saltwater crocodiles! I have never heard of attacks on humans there, but have heard of dogs being taken!

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My family and I had beginner lessons with Martin and then hired a few boards for a day. Martin explained everything very clearly and we were quickly on our way. Martin's knowledge of the sport and equipment and also the area around the Townsville beaches helped up to really enjoy our time on the boards. I couldn't recommend them highly enough.

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Margaret S- November 21, 2017

What a great service to be able to hire the sup on the strand. Excellent time in the water today before the rain. Recommended for the experience.

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Gina H- October 23, 2017

We hired 3 paddleboards at The Strand in Townsville. We got the boats at 6am for a magic sunrise sup. Intheloop stand up paddle boarding staff were very helpful and easy to deal with. I just texted and booked it in straight away then went out the following morning. We will be back for more SUP sessions at The Sailing Club.

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Amy W- October 3, 2017

We hired a tandem bike to cruise around Townsville for the weekend. Great city to ride a bycycle and the guys from Skin Ski and Surf in the city were lovely.

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Jack C- May 10, 2017

Awesome customer service, told me everything I needed to know when buying my a wakeboard. Will be coming back

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